Are people fed up with too much Cricket!? The Cricket crazy crowds are missing!

Are people fed up with too much Cricket!?  The Cricket crazy crowds are missing! It certainlyseems so! Yesterday the Delhi Cricket fans stayed away from the first day ofthe First Test Match between West Indies and India at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium- despite it being a Sunday and tremendous hype created by the media overSachin Tendulkar’s 100th International century, which has been evading him formonths. Only 8,058 people turned up at the 40,000 capacity Stadium! People seemto be losing, ball by ball interest in the game, they just want to know thescores at the end of the day or the final result!

Since long; this situation was seen at most of the internationalvenues but off late it has become common in India. For example, in the recentlyconcluded World Cup Matches, especially those played on 15th, 18th and 20thMarch 2011, at Calcutta, at the world famous Eden Gardens Stadium having acapacity of 90,000! The turnout was very poor. For the Match played on 20thMarch, only 15 spectators bought tickets! At the 90,000 capacity Stadium!

Too much Cricket and too often encounters between same countries,frequently and sometimes month after month in the form of Test Matches, CountyMatches, Limited over Matches and 20Twetny Matches is rather confusing andcumbersome to follow, with some tournaments being played between 8 or 10 Teams,may be 60 Matches over two months to determine the Winner! Added to this, anygiven time of the day you will find at least three TV sports channelstelecasting Cricket Matches from the past or current with unending Cricket analysis,quoting of Match records, Player records, Country records and  unnecessary ball by ball commentaries for TVviewers! Too much Cricket is certainly a waste of time; it is proving to be badfor spectators. More and more people seem to be realizing this fact and losinginterest in the game.